What started as a small-town dance crew has grown into one of the most recognized Indian performing arts companies in Michigan and beyond. Mathangi Dance Company will be performing on the North Lawn stage.

Concert of Colors takes place at multiple locations across Detroit.

For more information on the full event and to view the full schedule, visit www.concertofcolors.com

Eljuri is an award-winning Ecuadorian singer-songwriter and guitarist whose music reflects the spirit of this generation. Her sound is a global fusion that blends her Spanish and Lebanese heritage, the uplifting rhythms of her homeland Ecuador, and the reggae, punk, and rock & roll influences from her hometown, New York City, creating a truly unique musical experience.

Concert of Colors takes place at multiple locations across Detroit.

For more information on the full event and to view the full schedule, visit www.concertofcolors.com

One of the festival’s most anticipated annual performances, multiple Grammy winner, Blue Note Records President, producer, musician, and Detroit-raised superstar Don Was curates a special show just for Concert of Colors audiences. 

He brings some of the city’s best musicians to perform the blues, including Thornetta Davis, Chris Canas, Herschel Boone, Tosha Owens, Laith Al-Saadi, Rev. Robert Jones, Steffanie Christi’an, and Mitch Ryder.

Concert of Colors takes place at multiple locations across Detroit.

For more information on the full event and to view the full schedule, visit www.concertofcolors.com

Asha Puthli is an Indian-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress, born and raised in Mumbai. She is known for her sensuous, spacey jazz-disco fusions, blending blues, pop, funk, and rock. A wonderful must-see, Asha Puthli will be performing on the North Lawn stage.

Concert of Colors takes place at multiple locations across Detroit.

For more information on the full event and to view the full schedule, visit www.concertofcolors.com

An immersive multimedia experience, this is the newest program from NIYAZ — a Persian, Turkish, and Indian electroacoustic musical tour de force. Prepare to be mesmerized.

Concert of Colors takes place at multiple locations across Detroit.

For more information on the full event and to view the full schedule, visit www.concertofcolors.com

Hailing from Flint, Tunde Olaniran is a creative force whose work spans music, dance, film, literature, and performance art. Filled with vibrant costumes and catchy lyrics, their performances are surrealist spectacle, blending genres like pop, dance, folk, hip-hop and R&B. Expect intricate dances, soaring vocals, throbbing basslines, and sweat-soaked sequins on the stage.

Olaniran's albums have earned critical acclaim from outlets including The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and NPR. Their most recent album, Chaotic Good, features a collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma, the first original composition by the world-renowned cellist. Tunde has created impactful collaborations with artists such as Mona Haydar, adrienne maree brown, Nick Cave, and Esperanza Spalding. A 2017 Art Matters Fellow, 2019 United States Artist Fellow, and 2020 University of Michigan Artist-in-Residence, Olaniran’s work for PBS earned a Regional Emmy in 2021. In 2022, they premiered Made A Universe, an experimental short film and exhibition commissioned by Cranbrook Art Museum.

This Friday Night Live! performance is proudly presented as part of the Detroit Institute of Arts’ Pride Month offerings.

Pride Themed docent-led guided gallery tours will be offered one hour prior to event start time, meeting at the DIA Woodward lobby entrance. The tours will be approximately 45-minutes in length.

The Detroit Puppet Company reimagines Shazia Omar and Sophie Cousinié’s children's book Sun Moon Secret as a delightful shadow puppet show. Light and shadow weave together with rhythmic storytelling about sibling love, self-discovery, and the power of unleashing your inner strength.

Twin sisters Surya and Chandra live in Shanti, a beautiful village by the Bay of Bengal. The sisters love to sing, but every time they do, something strange happens. Surya's tunes create heat, while Chandra's melodies bring cold! The villagers begin to fear them, so the girls keep their powers a secret. But one summer, disaster strikes—the rain clouds disappear, leaving Shanti dry and barren. As the villagers pray for a miracle, Surya and Chandra decide they must help. Can the sisters discover the true purpose of their powers and save their home?

After the performance, families can create their own shadow puppets and learn basic techniques to tell their own stories! This program is for families of all ages.

Weekend Family Programs at the DIA are generously presented by the MSUFCU Desk Drawer Foundation.

On any given night in Detroit in the early Eighties, chances were good that Don Tapert and Tim Sparling could be heard in several Cass Corridor night spots — from the Song Shop and Café Detroit to the New Miami, Alvin’s, or downtown at The Soup Kitchen Saloon and Café Harmonie. First performing as a soulful guitar-and-piano vocal duo, and later as the rocking four-piece Tapert Sparling Band, they captivated audiences with Tapert’s original songs. Inspired by the Cass Corridor’s community of artists, writers, musicians, and actors, their unique arrangements combined acoustic guitar and piano, anchored by electric bass and drums.

The release of Cass Corridor Sunset, a 12” vinyl LP featuring eight songs recorded in the 1980s, celebrates the vibrant Wayne State music scene. Created in partnership with Cass Corridor artist Robert Sestok and Third Man Records, the project has brought Tapert and Sparling back together with the original band members: Don Tapert (guitar/vocals), Tim Sparling (piano/vocals), Mike Marshall (bass guitar), Greg Calder (drums), and Ray Goodman (electric guitar).

Blues and boogie-woogie pianist Mark Lincoln Braun has become one of the premier purveyors of a vanishing art form. Having learned his craft firsthand from the early masters, he is a rare living link to the first generation of blues and boogie pianists. Steeped in the rich legacy of this exhilarating music, Mr. B studied directly with legends like Little Brother Montgomery, Boogie Woogie Red, and Blind John Davis.

Combo Daguerre, based in Brooklyn, performs original psychedelic chanson with a predominantly Latin crew and a hybrid style influenced by boleros, cumbia, 60s rock, French chanson, and 1930s surrealism. Their music is a blend of joy and darkness, deep grooves and dirges, nostalgia and futurism.

Combo Daguerre features:

• Olivier Conan (Chicha Libre) on cuatro and vocals
• Adele Fournet on keyboards
• Felipe Wurst (Banda Chuska/Tipa Tipo) on guitar
• Andres Fonseca on drums
• Neil Ochoa (Los Crema Paraiso, Chicha Libre) on percussion
• Dan Martinez on bass